East Side Stories

The following photos and quotes were pulled from various features and interviews over the years. Make sure you’re on the beach at Bonnett Street in Nags Head on June 17th for his memorial paddle-out ...

Today’s demanding digital environment means that ESM’s photo focus usually remains firmly on the present. Racing to cover the Right Now (while occasionally stopping to flash back to the golden past), however, we often lose sight of how...

Mark Twain spoke these words in 1889, but they’re just as true today as they were 125 years ago. For a select group of East Coast surfers, Hawaii will always represent the Holy Grail of exposure, experience, and excitement. The North...